Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4 Western Australia, Series 4
Volume 3
Number 6 1962 Article 14
1-1-1962
Honey flora calendar for July Honey flora calendar for July
R S. Coleman
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^rroneu ^jrlora L^aiendar for (juty
COMPILED BY R. S. COLEMAN, APICULTURAL SECTION, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE BOTANICAL BRANCH
Common Name
J.crp Malice or Winter Flowering Malice
One-sHed nettle- brush
l>IH-Hilll-l| l l o t t i e -
£ I.ru-.h silky Bkiod go flower.
en
Thick-leaved l( v Hush
Tcinpldonia
WW Radish
Cape Weed
Botanical Name
Kitmli/ptuH inrrtum'.a l.ahlll.
( <llnUitttUHItX qUUiU'tft- ilim K . l l r .
C MUffuinnM T.:il'ill.
ihil.ni UuoeuTBhn It.
Ilr.
l,t'ii<;,ph,ji,i> e i i/m/rux Soii.l.
TiiUfilflnhill rrtttm (Vent) It Ur.
Illllii'-in jul'rrU BlR,
IUt film tut* rilfhtin'n- If tun l.inn
ArcUithfva rulentlula, (l.inn) Levyns.
When i'liuini
Wi.lii spread In tlir Malice aruaa In the O M M Bonth- crn. Extends as lar as Vic- toria.
found In nand anil gravelly day soils throughout the Booth-West.
Widespread, prefer! gravel!)
- n i l - .
Gravelly anils in the Wetter w h e a t - b e l l .
Kxeellent plant of northern sand-plain.
Soatb-west eosstal a n a and isolated occurences Inland
Widespread
Widespread through the agri- cultural areas.
Widespread
I l o l l e y
Quality Oood T ....
Poor Poor
Oood
Poor
P •
Unknown
Oood
Oood
Quantity Oood •>. ....
i : i
Oood
(fund
Poor
Poor
Unknown
Good
Oood
Quality of Pollun Oood ? ....
Oood Oood
Oood
Very Oood
1! 1
Very Oood
Qood
Oood
(Towering Time
Reports differ greatly, J u n e - S e p t , l i r e , - J a n . Peb,
June-Aug. could dower, through fn Dee, June-Aug., could dower
through to Dee,
July
April-August
Tune-August
Tune-Sept
Hitlers I'roin year to year anil from district to dis- trict, normally beta i J iine-Oct,
June-Odt
Ilcinarks
One of the heller known species of Vic l.orla ; could be one of the better malice ttows in the future,
An excellent winter building How.
\n excellent winter building Bow.
Tins llakea Is a. close relative to the thin leaved honey hush which docs not
p r o d u c e , a m i t h e t w o a i u s i l y DOB-
fused.
A very good bllDdlng How.
Kxoellent building How during winter (lowering lime can vary from district to
d i s t r i c t .
Another one of the excellent winter pollen and trickle nectar Hows that, huild up tho bees during winter.
One of the well known honey producing plants of the world.
One of the best pollen plants known
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